The Thorn and the Icicle
Eleanor Ashford ran from her wedding, from a controlling husband-to-be, and from a life she no longer wanted. All she craved was distance, and she finds it in the worst possible pl
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The Inn at Crescent Cove
Daisy O'Keefe swore she'd never set foot in Crescent Cove again, but a grandmother's bequest and a crumbling seaside inn have other plans. Stepping off the Greyhound with a battere
The Hollow Crown of Ashmere
Maren Caldwell inherits more than grief when her father dies of fever, his fingers still curled around an oilskin packet containing incomplete maps, a compass that hums against her
Salt and Light
Callum Ashworth has kept Morrow's flame for nineteen years. He knows the exact weight of the brass reservoir, the angle at which the lens throws its blade of light across the water
The Winter of His Touch
A Yorkshire blizzard swallows the moors whole, stranding Elena Ashford at the remote and decaying Thornhollow Manor, home of the enigmatic Sebastian Vane, a man whose pale skin and
The Light Between the Pines
A grieving woman returns to her family's Vermont cabin and discovers a century-old love letter that leads her to the man it was never delivered to. When Ellis Hawthorne inherits he
Sunshine and Other Hazards
June Calloway arrives in Heron Cove with one suitcase, a folder of legal documents, and a heart too bruised for sentiment. The beach house left to her by her late Aunt Vivi is a mo
Terms of Engagement
Penelope Sterling has spent years carefully constructing a quiet life away from the Sterling estate's weight of old money and older grudges, so when a heavy ivory envelope arrives
The Light Between Closed Shutters
Claudette Whitfield never asked for Ashgrove Hall. Rain sweeps sideways across the drive as she idles at the wrought-iron gates, engine humming, courage failing. The estate has bee
The Thorn and the Tempest
A summons sealed in forest-green wax shatters the quiet life of Elara Voss, dragging her into the fractured court of House Thornewood. King Aldric Thornewood's kingdom is rotting f
The Thornbound Vow
An exiled prince returns to a throne room he fled in blood and finds his dead father's spirit waiting in the ashes. Rowan Vael left the Blackthorn Court believing he had escaped th
Walls of Park Avenue
Behind every locked Park Avenue door lies a dynasty built on silence , and one woman determined to uncover what the Ashfords have spent generations hiding. When Seraphina Vale step